Saving Private Ryan?

Question

Please help me with some questions based on the movie .

1. Is the movie acurrate to what would really have happened at the time? Why?

2. Please describe some film / language techniques used in the movie.

3. What does the film teach you about WWII??

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By film techniques I mean camera shots, lighting, sound, everything to express emotion, brutality etc. Language techniques eg irony, figurative language, metaphors,..there's so much.

Thanks to everyone who has answered so far, you've helped a lot =]

Answer 1

1. Pretty accurate regarding the Omaha landings, i'm not so sure about the task to look for one soldier in all the fighting...that was a stretch. I liked the use of real Tiger tanks, as opposed to the American M-4s used in the Battle of the Bulge with German's insignias painted on the sides.

2. first person shots and angles of the beach landing made it seem real, rather than looking at the scene from above. It put you right into the action.

3. violence of war, men fighting for their fellow comrades rather than some vague ideal....

Answer 2

1. It is based on a true story and probably fairly accurate do to the fact the director that made it is really good at research. During D day there were alot of troops scattered all over france so if you did have brother die in the war and you were left an only child they would have sent a sepcialized team into find you it would have probably been a special forces branch like in the movie.

2. Not sure what your wanting by this question

3. The film teaches you alot about WWII its wasn't all the glamor like most movies made out real people died and there were alot of hero's.

Answer 3

I will try an answer this in the best way I can. I cried watching this movie and, cursed Hanks for bringing back memories they lay hidden for many years from 'Nam. For the time, two tours, I spent there. It took five time before I could say "I saw the entire movie"

The movie was accurate to a point. I see remarks were made as to the treatment of German prisoners. Remember, this wasn't Sunday school and, they treated us the same. These were hardened paratroopers, not draftees who were there for the "term"

I am not a film maker and I don't think there's enough space here for describing something you could possibly find in a library.

There's nothing to "Teach" about WW2 or any war except that it's brutal. I was in combat for two years, in the Northern highlands of the Hmong in 'Nam. I was wounded twice.

If you've never been in a combat situation, I can't explain it to you except to say, your always fighting for your life, what ever you do, where ever you go, your life is always on the line. Your a nervous person and ready to shoot first and ask questions later, this is the lesson that will save your life. That's what I learned.

Answer 4

1. It is a reasonably accurate representation. However, in terms of details, it's way out to lunch in some ways. There was a paratrooper that was sent home because his brothers were all killed, but there was no rescue mission. But the film did an excellent job of conveying the carnage and chaos of combat.

2. ??? can you be a bit more specific?

3. It taught me that WW2 was brutal and nasty, like all wars. WW2 has always had a certain romantic quality because of the just cause and the many war films that glossed over the carnage.

Answer 5

1) Yes. Because they took pains to make it real.
2) Using hand held digital cameras as they stormed the beach, made it look real. Addition of sound added to the chaos - those plinking of the bullets man. whoo
3) The film is a story told through the millennia of how an average guy just falls to greatness by doing what he is thrown into in that place and time in history; from Greek and Roman myths to Lord of the Rings. It may be an over simplification, but it works. Tom Hanks did not ask for this, but stood up to the plate and sacrificed himself on the alter of the world.

Answer 6

1 Well they say the opening of the movie is very accurate about the storming of the beach with all the soldiers getting gunned down. i remember ww2 veterans saying they cried when they saw it or could not watch
2 nd question i have no idea
3rd ww2 was brutal if you watch some of those old john wayne movies it does not come close to showing the brutality of that war or coming close to showing the deaths of the allied soldiers

Answer 7

The part about the Sullivans was true. And from what I've heard, the description is pretty close to what it was like.

I can tell you this, if it was me, and I had seen what went on on the beach, and anyone asked me later if I'd seen any German prisoners shot while trying to surrender, I'd have said I was off helping carry litters. No sir, I'd have been too busy to notice anything like that.

Answer 8

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real tigers in saving Ryan ?
No absolutely not they where mock ups build on to the chassis off T 34's.